Old Turnpike House

GLOUCESTER

SO81NW KINGSHOLM ROAD 844-1/3/142 (West side) 12/03/73 No.43 Old Turnpike House

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Turnpike tollhouse, now house. 1822. Mid C20 alterations. Mainly stucco with ruled masonry joints on brick; unrendered brick on blank north wall; hipped slate roof with boxed eaves, two brick stacks. An octagonal block at the junction of Kingsholm Road and Sandhurst Road with a wing on the north side and a short return wing at the north end on the west side. EXTERIOR: two storeys; a continuous raised band at first-floor level; on the ground floor the original entrance doorway facing Kingsholm Road; the south end of the wing adjacent to the junction with the octagon, has been blocked and replaced by a mid C20 single-storey entrance closed porch in the angle of the wings on the west side; in the octagon on both floors in the north-west and south-east sides C20 sashes with glazing bars (4x4 panes) replacing original casements with bars to same pattern, on the east side on both floors a blank window recess with raised sill; on the east side of the wing on the ground floor to right a C20 single sash and on the first floor above a similar sash both in widened original openings with glazing bars; on the first floor to left a C20 inserted sash. Return wing on west side has C20 sashes, two on ground floor (4x4) and two on first floor (4x3). INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SO8350219562